Greetings from London town. We left Boston Sunday night, got into Heathrow this morning and are playing a show in a couple of hours. I think I've slept a total of 3 hours in the past two days. Needless to say I'm gonna crash out tonight.

The show in Boston was good, just a small show for a not-for-profit benefit. Boston is such a cool town.

If you missed the Colts/Broncos game you better ask someone about it. Best game I've seen in a long time. The ironic thing was I watched the game from Logan Airport in Boston. When Vinatieri hit the game winning field goal for the Colts with 2 seconds left on the clock I stood up and thanked the city for letting him leave the Patriots and sign with Indy.

Cheers everyone!

Well folks, I'm off on my winter touring adventure that won't bring me back home until 2007.

First off we're headed to Boston for a gig over the weekend, then to London on Sunday. We're playing the week in London then headed to Hamburg, Germany to do a television show. Then it's back to London for another TV show then over to Berlin for another gig. After all of that we head to NYC for our long run at the Carlyle.

It's really tough leaving Carrie and Murphy and Little Porkchop (that's the working title for my son's name). I'll be coming back to LA for two one-night visits in December, but it's still tough.

Wish me luck, I'll be "talking" to you from the road.

After the travel debacle we finally arrived in Kansas City with no time to spare. As soon as we got to the club (at a Harrah's Casino) we immediately started getting attitude from the sound men and the crew. I guess they thought we were playing rock star and wanted to be late to hang them up as opposed to running all over the greater Chicago area to catch the last possible plane out to KC. That sucked. But the show was good.

They fed us at a Toby Keith's restaurant. I felt kind of gross eating there. The menu actually said "Freedom Fries". But I have to admit even amongst all of the narrow-minded, uninformed, conservative propaganda the sweet potato pecan pie was pretty damn good. After dinner I proceeded to drink to much and overslept our noon call.

But that wasn't a big deal because our next stop was Fort Scott, Kansas. This town has a population of 8,000 but for some reason this is the second time we've been there in the past 8 months. They love Steve. We get the rock star treatment there, for sure. We met a lot of nice people, almost got in a bar fight, played a solid show, and had a good time.

Today I flew home just in time to see the Colts unleash a beatdown on the Redskins.

So here I am in Hotel Los Angeles for a few days before heading off to Europe and NYC for the rest of the year. Needless to say I have much to do before leaving.


Oh yeah, PLEASE stop by my website (linky to the left), I've added a guestbook and updated some things.

It's been one of those travel days. Our flight from Milwaukee to Chicago was delayed, as a result we missed our connection to Kansas City. No flights from O'Hare would get us to KC in time for the show so we hopped in a couple of cabs and here we are in Midway. We should arrive in KC an hour before the show starts. Hope I have a shirt that doesn't need ironing.

Minneapolis was really great. The Dakota is one of my favorite jazz clubs in the country now right up there with Yoshi's in San Fran. The food is fantastic and the staff are really cool. Our show last night in Milwaukee was cool but I didn't get a chance to see much of the city or anything.

Almost time to board.

I'm sitting in the lobby of a Holiday Inn in St. Cloud, Minnesota. I don't know what it is but every since I moved to LA whenever I fly east or north and feel the cold it's like I'm experiencing cold for the first time. It's actually refreshing in some ways.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Music Mill in Indy the other night, it was really great seeing you all. I love playing at 'home'. Afther Jr. arrives I'll be able to actually take a vacation in Indiana instead of working.

Friday morning after the show we all loaded in the bus and drove up to Chicago. Soon after we arrived it was time for soundcheck, dinner, and another show. This show was special though because my sister-in-law and her husband came out. And an old, OLD friend from back in my Ball State days came as well. We all went out for drinks afterwards and had a spectacular time.

This morning it was off to Midway for a flight to Minneapolis. After landing we again jumped in the van, drove to B.F.E. just in time for another soundcheck and another show. I'm beat. Luckily after we drive back to Minneapolis tomorrow we will be playing at a club for the three days ... which means no travelling.

Wed.-Fly to San Jose. Drive through beautiful rolling hills and blue skies. Play in gorgeous Saritoga

Thurs.-Drive to Napa. Drink great wine.

Fri.-Wake up early, drive to Oakland Airport, fly to Seattle, soundcheck, play show in exhausted state. Drink the rest of Napa wine.

Sat.-Hang with my aunt and uncle. Play show. Hang out on the balcony of our condo (which the club owns, nice change of pace from hotels) enjoying the beautiful view and cool weather.

Sun.-Watch the Colts play shitty defense at Hooters. Nap. Play show. Do laundry at the condo (free laundry on the road is a special, special thing).

Mon.-Fly from Seattle to Chicago (4hrs), drive from Chicago to South Bend (3hrs). Try not to kill your bandmates.

Tues.-Have lunch with your buddy Jeff's parents. Drive the 1990 Iroc-Z that they let you borrow (how freakin' cool is that) to Kalamazoo. Visit your OTHER buddy Jeff and his new baby boy. Drive back to South Bend. Play pool, darts, and Megatouch 2000 (who here knows about Erotic Photo Hunt?) at a bar. Go back to the hotel and blog.

Well all of this time at home has been fun and all but its time to go back to work. Tommorow morning I leave for 2 1/2 weeks; we're going to Napa Valley, Seattle, all around the Midwest, and Kansas. It's a busy little tour so hopefully it will go by quickly.

We had an appointment with the doctor today. Carrie is doing great as is the baby. She was happy to learn that she's only gained 12 lbs. so far. We got to hear the hearbeat as well. Pretty exciting.

I'll be blogging from the road hopefully.

The ultrasound gave us quite a clear shot. Little Junior is on the way.